The whole length of this road is an absolute joy to ride and definitely worth turning off the main road for. Long stretches of it hug the coastline. It's a single track road with passing places but, on the whole, it is very quiet - only a few cars passed us in either direction.
Heading north on the main A970 road, take the right turn that drops down the hill to skirt the northern end of Cat Firth. After winding round the head of the firth, it passes through the scattered communities of South Nesting and skirts the southern shore of the Loch of Houlland.
From here a straight run takes it most of the way to the shore of the West Voe of Skellister and along South Nesting bay before climbing back up to to Brettabister, where the road bends sharply left, running round the war memorial, to head inland.
The inland section crosses the moors of North Nesting and eventually descends to traverse the beautiful coastline of Drury Voe and Laxo Voe. The route ends at the T-junction with the B9071 at Laxo.